Section 13-1-97.1 - Contract database.

13-1-97.1. Contract database.

A.     The department of finance and administration, the department of information technology, the department of transportation and the general services department shall jointly develop a database of all state contracts with a term beginning on or after January 1, 2010 and having a value of more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) entered into pursuant to the Procurement Code or otherwise within the purview of any state agency.  The general services department shall coordinate the maintenance of the database with the assistance of the other departments.

B.     The general services department shall make the database available to the public on its online web site no later than January 1, 2010.  The database shall be searchable by contractor name, subject matter, date, price or consideration, contract number, amendments and other categories of information that the departments identified in Subsection A of this section agree are necessary to inform the public fully about state contracts.